Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John and David Levithan sell their co-written book (2007)
story · status: followed over 6 videos (2007–2010) · last event: update (2010-03-29)
In November 2007 John and his friend David Levithan sold the book they had been writing together for years. John worked on its edits in 2009, and it came out in spring 2010 as Will Grayson, Will Grayson, with a book tour.
Part of: Will Grayson, Will Grayson: publication (2010)
Told alongside: John's spring 2010 tour for Will Grayson, Will Grayson
About: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-19 | told | John waits for the call on whether and by whom his co-written book with David Levithan will be published; the call comes and he celebrates. | November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY! 00:00:03 |
| 2007-11-20 | update | Hank congratulates John: John and David sold their book. | November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:03:29 |
| 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) | update | John says his next book, co-written with David Levithan, comes out in spring 2010. | Paper Towns and PUPPY 00:02:15 |
| 2009-05-19 | update | John has a ton of work on the edits of the book he is writing with David Levithan. | Question Tuesday! 00:00:00 |
| 2010-03-10 (happened 2010-04-07) | update | John's new book, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, co-written with his friend David Levithan, comes out in 28 days. | New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! 00:00:29 |
| 2010-03-29 | update | John says that in a few days a book he co-wrote with David Levithan comes out and they are going on tour; some tour events are ticketed (link in the description). | Quotations (And Holden Hats) 00:00:27 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-11-19 · November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY! — announcement: The description says the book John is writing with David Levithan should come out around summer 2009. — 00:00:00
- 2007-11-19 · November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY! — John says that several years ago he and his writer friend David Levithan started writing a book together, and today he hopes to learn whether, by whom and for how much it will be published. (hedged) — 00:00:03
- 2007-11-19 · November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY! — John: The awaited call comes and John celebrates with co-author David Levithan; worrying about how the book will sell can wait, today he only needs champagne. — 00:02:19